Four mops

Today I received my copy of Whitney Sherman’s “Playing with Sketches: 50 Creative Exercises for Designers and Artists”. It’s a great book, full of creative ideas for your sketchbook and filled with examples of work from artists around the world. I am very flattered that USk founder Gabi Campanario chose one of my city sketches in the section on Urban Sketchers. I guess this is the first time that my work is featured in a book. Anyway, one of the 50 ideas in the book is called “One Day, One Theme”, meaning that for that day you just draw coffee cups or shoes or hairstyles. My twist on this is that I will do “One Sketchbook, One Theme” so I intend to fill this sketchbook with still lifes from my house. I haven’t really had time to give the book a good read through yet but I’m sure there are lots of great ideas that I will be trying.

Shari, your sketches/paintings are sunshine in my inbox every morning. THANK YOU! I dabble in water color and want to grow up to paint like you! That said, I am wondering if you have a summer 2014 workshop schedule – I would be a humble participant but would delight in the opportunity and the inspiration!

Love the idea for a sketchbook just for still lives in your house. It would be something you can do anytime of the day. This kind of activity would get someone like me, who can’t make decisions, and is a slow starter, no reason not to just sketch something in the house morning noon or night!
In other words it could form an everyday habit of grabbing that sketch pad. Now that’s what I need!
Thanks.

Good sketch! However, I can only see three mops… am I missing something? But, who needs that many mops anyway… I get the feeling that you may be one of those excessively clean people… of maybe you just collect mops like you collect paint brushes?